Jeremiah 29:17-18

New International Version

¹⁷yes, this is what the Lord Almighty says: “I will send the sword, famine and plague^(A) against them and I will make them like figs^(B) that are so bad they cannot be eaten. ¹⁸I will pursue them with the sword, famine and plague and will make them abhorrent^(C) to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse^[a]^(D) and an object of horror,^(E) of scorn^(F) and reproach, among all the nations where I drive them.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 29:18 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see verse 22); or, others will see that they are cursed.

Jeremiah 44:14

New International Version

¹⁴None of the remnant of Judah who have gone to live in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, to which they long to return and live; none will return except a few fugitives.”^(A)

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Jeremiah 44:14 in all English translations

Jeremiah 44:28

New International Version

²⁸Those who escape the sword^(A) and return to the land of Judah from Egypt will be very few.^(B) Then the whole remnant^(C) of Judah who came to live in Egypt will know whose word will stand^(D)—mine or theirs.^(E)